Exterior wall of Cave 6 with Shiva Shambu temple guard (L), Shiva as Gangadhara (M) & 10-armed Goddess Durga slaying the buffalo demon Mahishasura (R)
The Udayagiri Caves, one of India's most important archaeological sites, are twenty rock-cut caves in Madhya Pradesh, about 57 km from Bhopal, dating from the 5th century CE. They are notable for their ancient iconography of Vaishnavism (Vishnu), Shaktism (Durga & Matrikas) and Shaivism (Shiva).
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